Life with Billy
{{Short description|1994 Canadian television drama film}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Life With Billy 1994 TV Movie Poster.jpg
| caption = Movie poster
| genre = Drama
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| based_on = {{Based on|Life with Billy|Brian Vallée}}
| screenplay = John Frizzell
Judith Thompson
| director = Paul Donovan
| starring = Stephen McHattie
Nancy Beatty
Ted Dykstra
Matthew Ferguson
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer = Marty Simon
| country = Canada
| language = English
| num_episodes =
| producer = Michael Donovan
Eric Jordan
Alan MacGillivray
David M. York
| editor =
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| network = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| released = {{Start date|1994}}
}}
Life with Billy is a 1994 Canadian television film based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Brian Vallée. The film was nominated for five Gemini Awards, and won three.
The film begins with Jane Hurshman (Beatty) shooting her common-law husband Billy Stafford (McHattie) in his sleep, and then shows the resulting police investigation and trial, interspersed with flashbacks showing the domestic abuse that Stafford inflicted on Hurshman over the course of their relationship for 5 years.
Cast
- Nancy Beatty as Jane Hurshman
- Stephen McHattie as Billy Stafford
- Deb Allen as Mandy
- Glenn Wadman as Ronnie Wamboldt
- Matthew Ferguson as Allan Whynot
- Joadi Newcomb as Dini Harrison
- Nancy Marshall as Bernice Wamboldt
- Tony Quinn as Cpl. Lawson
- Richard Donat as Constable Snow
Awards
= Won =
- Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - Paul Donovan
- Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - Stephen McHattie
- Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - Nancy Beatty
= Nominations =
- Gemini Award for Best TV Movie - Eric Jordan & Michael Donovan
- Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - John Frizzell & Judith Thompson
Read also
- {{cite book | last = Vallée | first = Brian | title = Life and Death with Billy | publisher = Seal Books | location = Toronto | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-7704-2818-5 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0110349}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060807042718/http://crimewriterscanada.com/cwc/pages/bvallee.html Book author profile]
- [http://www.brianvallee.ca/ Official Website of Brian Vallee]
- [http://archives.algomau.ca/main/node/19816 Life with Billy series in the Brian Vallée archival fonds]
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Canadian drama television films
Category:Films set in Nova Scotia
Category:Films shot in Nova Scotia
Category:Films based on non-fiction books
Category:Films about domestic violence
Category:Canadian Screen Award–winning television shows
Category:1994 television films
Category:Films directed by Paul Donovan
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